ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,662,177, issued on June 23, was assigned to Murata Machinery Ltd. (Kyoto, Japan).
"Overhead transport vehicle system" was invented by Makoto Kobayashi (Ise, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An overhead transport vehicle system includes an overhead transport vehicle to travel on a track to transport an object and including a holder to transfer the object to a placement portion below the track, and a teaching unit. The system is configured or programmed to cause the overhead transport vehicle to hold the teaching unit and perform teaching of a transfer operation to the placement portion. The holder includes a power-feeding terminal to ...